Posted on May 29, 2022
Creating paper cut-out style art in Procreate
I love making art on my iPad, but I often miss that raw, hand-made aesthetic I used to get before I started making digital art. Lately I’ve been experimenting with creating paper cut-out style art in Procreate, and I’m digging the results. Here’s an example:
And here’s another cut-out style piece I created inspired by a prompt on Twitter:
To create this look in Procreate, I start with a simple sketch, then use layer masks to turn a shape on a layer into something that looks like a piece of apper. I learned about this technique in this short video:
Posted on May 15, 2022
A fun responsive counterweight combo
I went on a long hike with some friends recently and found this trick as I was walking around. I was carrying something in my left hand, so I kept trying to find one-handed yo-yo tricks I could do with my right hand. I ended up finding a nice back-of-the-hand stall that also worked well with a responsive/counterweight set up.
These types of back of the hand stalls aren’t knew, I just like the aerial toss into a stall. You can see another version a counterweight back of the hand stall in this old video of mine too (around three minutes in).
Posted on May 8, 2022
Performing Dr. Strange while listening to “People Are Strange” and using a Dr. Strange filter
Dr. Strange is an older trick of mine that I thought I should start doing again since there’s a whole Dr. Strange movie happening now.
Posted on May 1, 2022
I’m in the National Yo-Yo Hall of Fame!
Something cool happened recently, I was inducted into the National Yo-Yo Hall of Fame. I even got a cool plaque!
Here’s the longer video with all of the 2021 National Yo-Yo Hall Of Fame inductees:
